To Theorize Incessantly

Maliha says:

I tell you the reality isnaetd of a theory or story which our NASA team believes to be :Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012. The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.The Earth has always been subject to impacts by comets and asteroids, although big hits are very rare. The last big impact was 65 million years ago, and that led to the extinction of the dinosaurs. Today NASA astronomers are carrying out a survey called the Spaceguard Survey to find any large near-Earth asteroids long before they hit. We have already determined that there are no threatening asteroids as large as the one that killed the dinosaurs.Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history. ME: Thanks for the info. Of course, data can always be used to prove anyone’s theory one way or another, and that’s what this site was designed for…people discussing the theories out there today. An interesting note is if NASA didn’t believe that we could do anything about a large asteroid, why bother finding them? Also, why would they and other countries try landing crafts and working towards doing a spacewalk on an asteroid. Mining is of course a sensible excuse. But really, what mineral would be worth the expense of sending something up in space to mine it? Space mining would never be more economical than mining on earth.